Tag Archives: Photography

Half-Light

By Vladimir Brezina

Half-Light 1

From the molten dyes of the water
Bring the burnished nature of fire
… Rain flakes of gold on the water

—Ezra Pound, The Alchemist

Half-Light 2Half-Light 3

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Half-Light.

Dance

By Vladimir Brezina

Dance 1.

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Seen at the 2013 Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Dance 2

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Dance.

Squares

By Vladimir Brezina

Squares lead us onSquares 1Squares 2

… squares and sometimes triangles

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and we are by no means the only ones to appreciate their presenceSquares 3Squares 4

A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Square.

Harmony

By Vladimir Brezina

Harmony

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Harmony.

State of Mind

By Vladimir Brezina

Before the big paddle into the unknown: first tension—

Tension

then fear—

Fear(OK, she’s acting out for the camera, a bit)

and then pure happiness on the last day…

Happiness

Yes, long-distance paddling is all about the State of Mind!

This was the 2014 WaterTribe Everglades Challenge. Not coincidentally, the 2016 Challenge starts in a couple of days…

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, State of Mind.

Time

By Vladimir Brezina

Time 1The sun is up.

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It’s high time to drink up that coffee and get going!

Time 22012 Long Island Circumnavigation

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Time.

Vibrant

By Vladimir Brezina

A rainbow of colors keeping the winter gloom at bay

VibrantCentral Park, New York City

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Vibrant.

Optimistic

By Vladimir Brezina

As they meet to negotiate, both sides are optimistic. Unfortunately, it’s not a win-win situation…

Optimistic

For the outcome, see here.

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Optimistic.

Alphabet

By Vladimir Brezina

We’re only up to “C”! A long way to go still on our circumnavigation of Manhattan…

AlphabetThe Columbia “C”

A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Alphabet.

A Last Hurrah for the Christmas Tree

By Vladimir Brezina

Christmas tree lit

Yes, we’re late, as usual.

According to Wikipedia,

Both setting up and taking down a Christmas tree are associated with specific dates. Traditionally, Christmas trees were not brought in and decorated until Christmas Eve (24 December) or, in the traditions celebrating Christmas Eve rather than the first day of Christmas, 23 December, and then removed the day after Twelfth Night (5 January); to have a tree up before or after these dates was even considered bad luck.

We did manage to get our Christmas tree decorated in time for Christmas, albeit at the last possible moment. However, we missed the 6th January date for taking it down—but only by a few days, so we hope the bad luck will let us off this year with just a warning. We lit the tree for the last time a couple of days ago—

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